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Impact of reform of collective forest use rights on farmers’ production activities and incomes in Heishui village, West Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China

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  • Lan Li

    (Chiang Mai University)

  • Jirawan Kitchaicharoen

    (Chiang Mai University)

  • Manfred Zeller

    (University of Hohenheim)

Abstract

Inconsistent and poorly enforced property rights led many not only environmental problems, but economical development restriction as well. A forest tenure reform called “Reform of Collective Forest Use Rights” (RCFUR) has been implemented in rural areas of China to deal with problems of property right. The study aims to assess the impact of RCFUR on farmers’ land use and income generating activities at the household level in order to better inform future policy decisions. After surveys and fieldwork in Heishui village at Yunnan province, linear programming models were built to simulate farmers’ productive activities. The model results illustrate that household economic well-being can be explicitly enhanced in the study village after implementing RCFUR, but contribution is currently limited. Only giving use right of collective forest is not enough; government still needs to implement other assorted supported policies.

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  • Lan Li & Jirawan Kitchaicharoen & Manfred Zeller, 2012. "Impact of reform of collective forest use rights on farmers’ production activities and incomes in Heishui village, West Yunnan province, People’s Republic of China," The Empirical Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Letters, Faculty of Economics, Chiang Mai University, vol. 1(2), pages 13-32, June.
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    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
    • B17 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - International Trade and Finance
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques

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